Is there a general consensus on when bone tenons stopped being used on briar pipes with vulcanite stems?
Do you have some? Could you post a photo, please?Is there a general consensus on when bone tenons stopped being used on briar pipes with vulcanite stems?
Well that marrows it down.Most makers had abandoned bone tenons by the years around the turn from the 19th to the 20th centuries. They were dead meat by the early 1920's.
I have just purchased a bulldog, when it arrives I’ll put some pics up. The photos where really bad and there was no description in the listing apart from “pipe”. The seller said it has no markings on it but it looks unsmoked, has a screw bone tenon and orofic buttonDo you have some? Could you post a photo, please?
Would that apply to meerschaum pipes also?Most makers had abandoned bone tenons by the years around the turn from the 19th to the 20th centuries. They were dead meat by the early 1920's.
No. Meerschaum continued to use screw in tenons for decades, though not necessarily bone. I'm assuming that there was more of a concern about cracking the shank by using a push tenon that led to continuing with screw-in assembly, but that's just an idle speculation.Would that apply to meerschaum pipes also?
Have you ever seen a push bone tenon? I’ll have to snap a pic of mine tonight. It’s an unsmoked Ireland souvenir pipe with shamrocks etc. most likely a K&P second carved locally.Most makers had abandoned bone tenons by the years around the turn from the 19th to the 20th centuries. They were dead meat by the early 1920's.